§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total numbers of(a) applications and (b) recruits were in each police force in each of the last three years; what the ratio was of applications to recruits per force in each year; and if he will make a statement. [98174]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe following tables show the number of applications to join the police service received by each force in each of the last three years, the numbers of appointments on probation (the most accurate assessment we have of the numbers of new recruits to the police service) for each force in the same periods and the ratio of applications to new appointments on probation.
The figures have been supplied by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. The numbers of appointments on probation differ from the number of total recruits to police forces in England and Wales which my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary gave the hon. Member on 21 October 1999, Official Report, column 624. This is because the latter include transfers between forces.
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1996–97 Forces Police formal applications Police appointments on probation Ratio applications/ appointment Avon and Somerset 0 141 0 Bedfordshire 21 12 2 Cambridgeshire 1,099 96 11 Cheshire 829 103 8 City of London 446 42 11 Cleveland 1,393 80 17 Cumbria 1,053 74 14 Derbyshire 807 77 10 Devon and Cornwall 1,064 94 11 Dorset 377 60 6 Durham 1,343 106 13 Dyfed-Powys 573 45 13 Essex 1,241 185 7 Gloucestershire 322 60 5 Greater Manchester 2,366 345 7 Gwent 932 68 14
1996–97 Forces Police formal applications Police appointments on probation Ratio applications/ appointment Hampshire 1,797 235 8 Hertfordshire 659 126 5 Humberside 194 72 3 Kent 1,016 268 4 Lancashire 1,765 182 10 Leicestershire 962 135 7 Lincolnshire 1,236 109 11 Merseyside 41 57 1 Metropolitan Police 3,941 670 6 Norfolk 603 95 6 North Wales 316 0 0 North Yorkshire 434 63 7 Northamptonshire 469 65 7 Northumbria 1,486 177 8 Nottinghamshire 927 89 10 South Wales 2,208 152 15 South Yorkshire 1,180 200 6 Staffordshire 620 99 6 Suffolk 1,576 100 16 Surrey 543 55 10 Sussex 442 158 3 Thames Valley 1,556 183 9 Warwickshire 201 0 0 West Mercia 600 110 5 West Midlands 2,212 388 6 West Yorkshire 1,660 267 6 Wiltshire 264 20 13 England and Wales Total 42,774 5,663 8
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1997–98 Forces Police formal applications Police appointments on probation Ratio applications/ appointment Avon and Somerset 621 105 6 Bedfordshire 284 46 6 Cambridgeshire 473 58 8 Cheshire 829 87 10 City of London 638 29 22 Cleveland 0 56 0 Cumbria 389 46 8 Derbyshire 612 61 10 Devon and Cornwall 1,000 172 6 Dorset 665 75 9 Durham 848 105 8 Dyfed-Powys 861 33 26 Essex 304 108 3 Gloucestershire 1,013 27 38 Greater Manchester 2,614 436 6 Gwent 308 31 10 Hampshire 929 182 5 Hertfordshire 314 63 5 Humberside 219 70 3 Kent 261 118 2 Lancashire 1,307 111 12 Leicestershire 711 115 6 Lincolnshire 1,077 36 30 Merseyside 3,064 160 19 Metropolitan Police 4,633 1,164 4 Norfolk 408 55 7 North Wales 638 63 10 North Yorkshire 607 65 9 Northamptonshire 432 52 8 Northumbria 2,044 227 9 Nottinghamshire 867 0 0 South Wales 1,654 170 10
1997–98 Forces Police formal applications Police appointments on probation Ratio applications/ appointment South Yorkshire 786 135 6 Staffordshire 1,260 220 6 Suffolk 834 69 12 Surrey 731 112 7 Sussex 2,108 136 16 Thames Valley 1,889 258 7 Warwickshire 695 54 13 West Mercia 867 62 14 West Midlands 3,272 445 7 West Yorkshire 975 182 5 Wiltshire 293 60 5 England and Wales total 44,334 5,859 8
1998–99 Forces Police formal applications Police appointments on probation Ratio applications/ appointment Avon and Somerset 1,367 90 15 Bedfordshire 503 34 15 Cambridgeshire 421 35 12 Cheshire 1,075 89 12 City of London 135 15 9 Cleveland 0 0 0 Cumbria 280 23 12 Derbyshire 591 43 14 Devon and Cornwall 590 54 11 Dorset 300 35 9 Durham 775 87 9 Dyfed-Powys 1,085 32 34 Essex 687 88 8 Gloucestershire 377 61 6 Greater Manchester 2,178 217 10 Gwent 601 53 11 Hampshire 744 116 6 Hertfordshire 653 67 10 Humberside 795 36 22 Kent 829 236 4 Lancashire 97 64 2 Leicestershire 582 85 7 Lincolnshire 0 6 0 Merseyside 1,406 133 11 Metropolitan Police 6,222 1,586 4 Norfolk 312 19 16 North Wales 543 62 9 North Yorkshire 15 17 1 Northamptonshire 259 25 10 Northumbria 1,781 234 8 Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 South Wales 1,902 165 12 South Yorkshire 745 84 9 Staffordshire 124 17 7 Suffolk 0 60 0 Surrey 594 124 5 Sussex 1,087 92 12 Thames Valley 579 144 4 Warwickshire 917 33 28 West Mercia 695 83 8 West Midlands 4,023 467 9 West Yorkshire 96 14 7 Wiltshire 130 36 4 England and Wales total 36,095 4,961 7